In a bylined article Intellectual Property partner Gabriela Kennedy and counsel Xiaoyan Zhang (both Hong Kong), Cybersecurity & Data Privacy counsel Kendall Burman (Washington DC) and associate Lei Shen (Chicago) discuss cybersecurity and data governance.
Data Localization
China Expands the Scope of the Data Localisation Requirement under its Cybersecurity Law
By Gabriela Kennedy on
On 11 April 2017, the Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC) released the draft Security Assessment Measures for Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information and Important Data (“Draft Measures”). Draft measures and guidelines relating to the Cybersecurity Law (CSL) which was released in November last year, have been expected for a while. The hope has been that…